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I bet you were expecting my first update to be from a foreign country? Wrong. Unintentionally, I have started my travels with a tour of the lovely mid-Atlantic region. After a power 3 weeks of trip planning, wrapping up at work, and saying my farewells, I hopped on an Amtrak (gracias travel points) train from Philly up to NYC (flights were cheapest out of JFK). My friend Wendy met me for lunch before sending me off on the trains ...

... at the least say that I learned from the experience. On a positive note I have a great class of 19 energetic, funny, smart 5 and 6 year olds who love me so much-and vice versa (well most of the time). Putting everything else aside, it makes going to work a joy everyday. I always leave with some pretty amazing kid quotes to write in my kid quote binder (yes, I have one. You just wait, I'll be rich someday when I put them into a cute coffee table book!) We are getting ...

... and quality. I have included a picture of the pile of books I will read as a student at GU. The first subject I will study is Elements of Political Theory. The course tackles the fundaments of political philosophy and poses the most fundamental questions of politics. Reading includes the work of Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I chose the course because my reading at Law ...

... Fiscal Year 2007: (Note: All expense are for two people and stated ...

... from Sydney to Ayers Rock (a small and probably uninteresting place were I can see a big red rock) apparently very famous for those of us who like big red rocks. We shall see. oh! yeh, I have been told that the ancient types seem to think it has some form of mystical powers. Anyhow, from Ayers Rock area to Queensland- Queensland to Brisbane (i have no idea what the point of that is) and back to Sydney and ...

... historic sights with Korinne as this is part of old New York and a lot has gone on here. As of a few years ago conterfit handbags like Gucci and watches like Rolex were sold openly. It was illegal then too but now they have really cracked down on this illegal activity. Chinatown has a history of it's own illegal organized crime. Police cracking down on sales has only moved this ...

We're watching the local news and creating the itinerary for "I'll Take My Stand" - our Spring Break roadtrip in search of the New South. As you know, John's going on his 3L year Spring Break ...

... Monday was a day of being a bit sad and preparing for departure. At lunch time I got to sample Indian food for the first time and I fell in love with it ! At night Mom, Grandma and I met one of our French friends for dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant close to Rue Monge close to the Metro at Place Monge. Here again, it was nice to have a Parisian in company. We will surely miss our old and new friends alike. Checkout on Tuesday was without a ...

And Away we go October 8
Preparing for our cross-country journey from Virginia to California and back!
We decided to begin our world journey with a cross-country road trip of the US to visit friends & family, camp and hike. Frank quit his job and we leased out the condo in mid-September. We spent the next couple weeks traveling around New Jersey and Virginia to spend time with our families.

We also spent ...

... and I head up to the cabin in Woodstock where Chris and Jen had all the families crash together for a week. We had great interfamily relations, the mom's finding a huge list of things in common, ("Oh my gosh, we even use the same type of hairbrush! Hahahaha!"). I got to face the competition, Cory, Chris' other sister who I haven't seen since she was a baby. (You're good Cory, real good, but I'll arm wrestle you for top sister status any day. Bring the heat ...